Salary rate
Annual
Month
Biweekly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
$5,846
Federal tax deduction
- $650
Provincial tax deduction
- $57.56
CPP deduction
- $134
EI deduction
- $92.37
Total tax
- $934
Net pay
* $4,912
Marginal tax rate
28.0%
Average tax rate
16.0%
84.0%
Net pay
16.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
$4,912
Net pay
$263
Tax the employer pays
$934
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
$1,197
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer $263 to pay you $5,846. In other words, every time you spend $10 of your hard-earned money, $2.05 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
19.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16% tax rate now rises to 19.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make $5,846 a year living in the region of Ontario, Canada, you will be taxed $934. That means that your net pay will be $4,912 per year, or $409 per month. Your average tax rate is 16.0% and your marginal tax rate is 28.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of $100 in your salary will be taxed $27.99, hence, your net pay will only increase by $72.01.
Bonus Example
A $1,000 bonus will generate an extra $720 of net incomes. A $5,000 bonus will generate an extra $3,601 of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Quebec
CAD 5,062
13.4%
1
British Columbia
CAD 4,970
15.0%
2
Ontario
CAD 4,912
16.0%
3
Nunavut
CAD 4,745
18.8%
4
Yukon
CAD 4,693
19.7%
5
Northwest Territories
CAD 4,638
20.7%
6
Newfoundland and Labrador
CAD 4,481
23.3%
7
Nova Scotia
CAD 4,476
23.4%
8
New Brunswick
CAD 4,442
24.0%
9
Prince Edward Island
CAD 4,419
24.4%
10
Alberta
CAD 4,408
24.6%
11
Saskatchewan
CAD 4,380
25.1%
12
Manitoba
CAD 4,363
25.4%
13
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
CAD 5,340
8.7%
1
Canada
CAD 4,912
16.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
CAD 5,846
0.0%
1
Singapore
CAD 5,846
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
CAD 5,846
0.0%
3
Pakistan
CAD 5,752
1.6%
4
Philippines
CAD 5,571
4.7%
5
Thailand
CAD 5,551
5.0%
6
Indonesia
CAD 5,337
8.7%
7
Taiwan
CAD 5,329
8.9%
8
South Korea
CAD 5,204
11.0%
9
Malaysia
CAD 5,156
11.8%
10
New Zealand
CAD 5,151
11.9%
11
India
CAD 5,144
12.0%
12
Vietnam
CAD 4,874
16.6%
13
Japan
CAD 4,750
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
CAD 4,630
20.8%
15
China
CAD 4,452
23.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
CAD 5,488
6.1%
1
Colombia
CAD 5,829
7.4%
2
Puerto Rico
CAD 5,381
8.0%
3
Brazil
CAD 5,362
8.3%
4
Ecuador
CAD 5,294
9.5%
5
Guatemala
CAD 5,285
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
CAD 5,232
10.5%
7
Panama
CAD 5,203
11.0%
8
Peru
CAD 5,115
12.5%
9
Chile
CAD 4,817
17.6%
10
Uruguay
CAD 4,671
20.1%
11
Argentina
CAD 3,906
33.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
CAD 5,788
1.0%
1
Morocco
CAD 5,328
8.9%
2
Ivory Coast
CAD 4,878
16.6%
3
Cameroon
CAD 4,877
16.6%
4
Kenya
CAD 4,852
17.0%
5
Mozambique
CAD 4,719
19.3%
6
Ghana
CAD 4,509
22.9%
7
Zambia
CAD 4,462
23.7%
8
Angola
CAD 4,436
24.1%
9
Senegal
CAD 4,227
27.7%
10
Uganda
CAD 4,209
28.0%
11
Nigeria
CAD 4,150
29.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
CAD 5,846
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
CAD 5,554
5.0%
2
Qatar
CAD 5,554
5.0%
3
Bahrain
CAD 5,378
8.0%
4
Oman
CAD 5,378
8.0%
5
Kuwait
CAD 5,203
11.0%
6
Israel
CAD 5,077
13.2%
7
Lebanon
CAD 4,648
20.5%
8
Egypt
CAD 4,618
21.0%
9
Turkey
CAD 3,669
37.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Ontario tables of Canada, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.